Anger in Dáil as TDs take extra day’s holiday

GOVERNMENT TDs have voted to take an extra day off from the Dáil next week, despite opposition protests.

Ordinarily, the Dáil sits Tuesday to Thursday, but in the week after a bank holiday, traditionally sits just Wednesday and Thursday.

But when Tánaiste Mary Coughlan proposed yesterday that the Dáil would not return until 2.30pm next Wednesday, Labour and Fine Gael objected.